About – Jamalco
Jamalco is a joint venture between General Alumina Jamaica Limited and Clarendon Alumina Production Limited with a focus on bauxite mining and alumina production. Jamalco started as a bauxite mining venture by Alcoa in 1959 and exported its first shipment of bauxite in 1963. The venture began alumina production at a new refinery in …
Bauxite, alumina earnings set to double
Bauxite, alumina earnings set to double. Managing Director of the Jamalco alumina refinery, Austin Mooney. Earnings from the bauxite and alumina sector are projected to double in 2023 to US$677 million, the highest since the onset of the pandemic, according to the Jamaican government's annual market filings with the American …
Social costs of bauxite-alumina production in Jamaica
Jamaica has not compiled data to estimate the industry's social costs. But data from different sources show that three air pollutants from the industry – small particulates, sulphur dioxide, and nitrogen oxides – generate social costs of about US$2.9 billion-US$13 billion each year. These costs occur through premature death, hospital ...
The export of bauxite/alumina | Commentary
Jamaica was the leading bauxite producer in the world and had begun refining it into alumina (aluminium oxide). This, although Jamaica was not the first British West Indian territory to commence …
The export of bauxite/alumina
It was interesting to note from STATIN statistics that in 2019, alumina was 42 per cent of the total value of all goods exports; and in 2020 and 2021, 35 per cent. In the 1950s and 1960s, bauxite mining in Jamaica was the new industry which heralded robust growth in the country and gave hope that Jamaica was on the road to prosperity as it ...
Bauxite-alumina back on the rise | Business | Jamaica Gleaner
The Jamaican Government expects the value of mining exports from bauxite and alumina to improve to US$507 million ($77 billion), seven per cent higher …
Bauxite 101 | The Aluminum Association
Bauxite is primarily comprised of aluminum oxide compounds (alumina), silica, iron oxides and titanium dioxide. Approximately 70 percent of the world's bauxite production is refined through the Bayer chemical process into alumina. Alumina is then refined into pure aluminum metal through the Hall–Héroult electrolytic process. Mining bauxite
How bauxite mining changed St Ann
Jamaica Gleaner. How bauxite mining changed St Ann. - Keisha Hill/Senior Gleaner Writer keisha.hill@gleanerjm. JAMAICA'S BAUXITE and alumina industry was launched in the hills just north of Ocho Rios, St Ann. This development started the metamorphosis of the tiny fishing village, that the town became …
Anthony Greenaway | Environmental impact of bauxite-alumina …
Based on currently known bauxite deposits, the Mines and Geology Division predicts that Jamaica's bauxite-alumina industry could last for another 50-100 years. While the industry contributes positively to the livelihoods of many individuals and communities, it has serious negative environmental impacts.
Bauxite | Mining, Refining, Alumina | Britannica
bauxite, rock largely composed of a mixture of hydrous aluminum oxides. Bauxite is the principal ore of aluminum. Bauxites vary physically according to the origin and geologic history of their deposits: some deposits are soft, easily crushed, and structureless; some are hard, dense, and pisolitic, or pealike; still others are porous but …
Social impact of the bauxite-alumina industry
Horace Levy, 1. 2. The social impact of the bauxite-alumina industry on Jamaica's small rural communities has been, for the most part, very hurtful. Communities were directly impacted by being forced to relocate or face mining pits literally in their front gardens. Relocation meant loss of community as not all members were moved to the …
Jamaica to sell bauxite/alumina stake to China firm | Reuters
Reduced bauxite and alumina export revenues was one of the factors that forced Jamaica to enter a $1.27 billion standby loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund in February, in a bid to ...
JAMAICA'S BAUXITE & ALUMINA INDUSTRY
The mining laws of Jamaica require the mining companies to strip and stack a minimum of six inches of soil for respreading after a deposit has been mined and reclaimed. …
Jamalco
1. Mining. Bauxite is an ore rich in aluminum oxide, formed over millions of years by chemical weathering of rocks containing aluminum silicates. 2. Refining. To turn bauxite into alumina, ore is grinded and mixed with lime and caustic soda, the pumped into high-pressure containers for heating. The aluminum oxide is dissolved by the caustic ...
Alumina and bauxite: a story of supply
Indeed, CRU's July 2015 long-term market outlook for bauxite and alumina estimates global alumina capacity to grow by 29.6%, reaching 179.6 million tonnes by 2024. Metallurgical-grade alumina capacity expansion, primarily in China, is expected to be the main driver for this growth. "In absolute terms, alumina supply grows faster than ...
Bauxite and Alumina Industry Impacting Positively on Economy
As the country's third highest earner of foreign exchange, with approximately US$1 billion in annual gross earnings, the bauxite and alumina industry continues to be …
Jamaica Bauxite Institute
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Fastmarkets Bauxite & Alumina 2024
Fastmarkets Bauxite & Alumina 2024. You will gain exclusive insights on supply challenges, pricing forecasts and sustainability progress in the industry across 2 days at this event. Network with producers, refiners, traders and officials from all over the globe. Hear how the industry is recovering from the energy crisis to re-establish refining ...
Diana McCaulay | On choosing not to know: The bauxite-alumina …
This dearth of information led JET to commission a multidisciplinary review of the bauxite-alumina industry in Jamaica titled RED DIRT, which was released in December 2020. Given the varied impacts of the industry, JET contracted seven authors, all experts in their field, to describe and interrogate bauxite's history, regulatory framework ...
Russian bauxite company resumes operations in Jamaica
By CNW Reporter. The Russian-based alumina giant, UC Rusal, says it will resume full resumption of its operations at Alpart following its partial closure in 2009. UC Rusal country manager in Jamaica, Igor Dorofeev, made the announcement at last week's official opening of the UC Rusal Alpart Jamaica Bauxite Export Project, where of …
Noranda plant renamed Discovery Bauxite Operations Ltd
With close to 400 full-time employees, Noranda generated income of just under US$30 million through export of bauxite to Gramercy, Louisiana, USA, for processing into alumina in 2021. In 2018, the Jamaican Government entered into a profit-sharing agreement with New Day, wherein Jamaica would earn 17.33 per cent of the …
Court ruling sparks concern in bauxite/alumina sector
CONCERNS are rising in the local bauxite/alumina industry over the effect of the recent ruling by the Supreme Court, in favour of environmentalists and residents opposing mining in the Cockpit Country. The court barred overseas-based partners Noranda Jamaica Partners II and New Day Aluminum (Jamaica) Limited from mining …
Jamalco
Jamalco is a joint venture between General Alumina Jamaica Limited and Clarendon Alumina Production Limited (CAP) with a focus on bauxite mining and alumina production. The entity started as a bauxite mining venture by Alcoa in 1959 and exported its first shipment of bauxite in 1963. The venture began alumina production at a new …
Bauxite and Alumina Industry Impacting Positively on Economy
The Full Story. As the country's third highest earner of foreign exchange, with approximately US$1 billion in annual gross earnings, the bauxite and alumina industry continues to be a vital contributor to the Jamaican economy. According to Chairman of the Jamaica Bauxite Institute (JBI), Dr. Carlton Davis, mining of the precious resource is ...
Social impact of the bauxite-alumina industry
THE SOCIAL impact of the bauxite-alumina industry on Jamaica's small rural communities has been, for the most part, very hurtful. Communities were directly impacted by being forced to relocate or face mining pits literally in their front gardens. Relocation meant loss of community as not all members were moved to the same sites, …
Bauxite in Jamaica
Bauxite is the ore from which aluminium is made. Jamaica contains some of the largest known deposits of bauxite in the world. The mining areas are located in the western and central parts of the island. After mining, most of the bauxite is carried to alumina plants where it is refined into alumina. The alumina (or in some cases unrefined ...
THE ALUMINIUM STORY BAUXITE TO ALUMINA: THE …
The ultimate product of calcination is the most stable phase of alumina, corundum or -alumina. This is, however, not desirable for smelting, because -alumina is slow to dissolve in the bath (refer to Section 24). For the formation of Smelting Grade Alumina (SGA), calcination is carried out at around 950°C.
Bauxite mining rally begins
November 2, 2021. Bauxite mining rally begins. There are positive signs that local bauxite mining companies are moving to improve production capacity and expand mining, as the pricing for alumina ...
Editorial | Reshape bauxite-alumina industry
Perhaps these issues are being left to Audley Shaw, the new mining mister, although he shares the portfolio for bauxite-alumina with Dr Clarke, who last year, in the midst of board controversies, was assigned responsibility for Clarendon Alumina Production (CAP), which controls the Government's 45 per cent stake in the Jamalco …